File Sharing Over A Network in Windows 10

File Sharing Over A Network in Windows 10
How to share folders without HomeGroups and password in Windows 10
This is a real simple way of sharing movies, documents, photos or whatever you want on your home network.
With HomeGroup feature removed from Windows 10, this is the quick and easy way to share data in folders, computers and hard drive on your home network.
So just follow my step by step guide on How to set up file sharing in Windows 10. I will show you How to enable network discovery and configure network sharing options in Windows 10.
If you want to share your printer on your home network with other computers or devices, then you will need to enable file and printer sharing, because I am on my home network, I disable password protected sharing, this makes it easier for people on your home network to see your computer and access your files, so this will be Windows 10 file sharing without password.
So follow my steps and you will be able to share any folder without password in Windows 10
So if you want to learn How to share a folder or hard drive on your home network
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[@MendTheWorld]

I've tried to set up files sharing on my Windows 10 network a half dozen times.... each effort representing hours of effort, leading eventually to failure and a sense of resignation; only to be followed after some period of time by a renewed effort, sparked by the belief that "I've got to figure this out eventually". And so it has continued, for at least 4 years (maybe more)... until now, when following your specific steps, I was finally successful! I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.... so just a single heartfelt "Thank you" will have to suffice.

[@fckngS3rg3i]

Its took me 8 hours to find your video..then i just..hey, there is so many ways to grant permission..and then its working now...Thank you so much for lead me on the right path!

[@someone-somewhere]

Finally !!! the best in the whole internet here !!

[@ave1996]

Now, this is what I can call "The right way to do it!" many tutorial are not working because they still base on the homegroup sharing. Thanks man you really know what you are doing 👍👍

[@rothanvankal2642]

I have made a search or Around 20+ Videos. But this video is the one i m looking for. Thank you very much👍👍👍👍👍 2000000000000 likes

[@solarvirga]

Thank you so much! I cannot stress to you how thankful I am to have watched your video. Great pace! Great instructions! Thank you again!

[@omegasue]

I haven't tried this yet but will be shortly ... I just want to thank you for your very clear & concise videos unlike so many other ones I've viewed.

[@minwild]

Worked perfectly for me and saved me a huge headache. Thank you very much for a excellently done walk through.

[@zackth3ripp3ra65]

Amazing, thank you for providing this video, I've been attempting to share an entire folder for a good few days now, going from KZbin fix to KZbin fix, your the first one who even mentioned media streaming and sharing to specific people. Thanks!

[@tassie7325]

Brilliant. We only discovered today that we can no longer share files or use the printer form the laptop. Don't you just love it when Microsoft changes things, but can't be bothered telling you what they have done or, more importantly, how to work with the changes. Thank you so much for this excellent, easy to follow guide. We will be giving it a crack tomorrow. Pity Microsoft couldn't be as helpful.

[@Britec09]

I know Microsoft don't care.

[@tassie7325]

Yeah. We finally got it working - just as it was before Microsoft changed everything without telling us. Initially we could share the printer but not any of the files. After a bit of frustrating head scratching we discovered that the fault lay in the laptop. It too needs to have the settings changed so that Network Discovery is turned on in the Guest or Public section.

[@czarmaster691]

I followed a bunch of different tutorials that did not work and wasted A LOT of time... I wish I had watched your video first, worked like a charm. All the others were leaving out simple steps that you included. Thank you :-D

[@danielmcquoid7973]

I've been racking my brain for about 2 days trying to work out why I was getting a permission-based error message on the computer I was trying to access my 'shared' file on... I was setting the Permissions and Security and even tinkered with the workgroup... Now I realise I didn't look at the very bottom and still had the bloody password protected sharing turned on... what a clip

[@keenanquinn2205]

Dude you killed it, most simple server setup ever. Working fully set up in 5 min

[@criticallycheesycaleb6681]

Idk what is the problem with everyone else's computers, but I followed the directions and it is working perfectly for me! Thanks for the great video!

[@TheProgameslha]

Thank you so much, it was the last bit that i couldn't figure out, simply type in the pahway. You've just allowed a community workshop the ability to put its workflow through the roof! Thanks mate, thanks so much!

[@finn3102]

I have spent all day working on this, but your advice helped me fix the issue sharing a folder between two PCs. It seems that Windows 10 has too robust of a security setup in regards to shared folders. I had to enable or disable a ton of different things. When I finally got to the point whereby I could login to the remote drive, with the target folders. I found that the folders could be seen, but not accessed (no permission). Oddly enough, I went "Folder options" on the target PC and enabled "Use sharing wizard". That still did not fix the error, but when I ticked the sub menu item " Automatically type into search box" that fixed the problem. Lol. Come on Microsoft.......... something as simple as sharing a folder should not be this difficult.

[@Levan4KGaming]

This is the only tutorial that worked for me because he stated that i should change from public network status to private thank you so much !!!

[@cadejosv]

Thank you so very much! I just wasted like 2 hours trying to use an ethernet cord and you fixed everything in less than 10 minutes. You have a new subscriber my good sir

[@ied0135]

Thank you. I could NOT figure this out. You'd think something so simple would be a little easier and more intuitive.

[@Dmarshall072]

Nope just like everything network related with windows doenst work!. I can see the other computer but comes up with (windows cannot access "computer name...."

[@sadmansakib71]

I have been looking for this like forever. If I search on google it points to stupid article about how to install a router or a tutorial which is 10 pages long and overcomplicated. Thanks a ton for this great tutorial.

[@nelsonfeng3268]

followed all the steps as showed but for some reason the shared folder doesn't appear in the second computer

[@miket9456]

feng nelson same here

[@Zakeusa]

He forgot one more step: Right click on the folder you wanna share - properties - sharing - Advanced sharing - share this folder - ok

[@johanepu]

or you can manually type on your explorer \\*computer_name*\*folder_name*

[@NOMIZYGOUS]

I did this and it worked

[@MrDrakko3]

@@johanepu NOiiCE this worked thank you!! friend

[@ajwatypingphotocopying8971]

lovely dude, you got my subscription. mistakenly deleted my shared file system with other PCs, i thought to take help from YT other than hiring person for IT solution. so i did it my self now. YESSS

[@garyeast7157]

Worked like a charm. I had been struggling with setting up Local Network, step by step everything happened as you had shown. Nice job thank you.

[@randolphkoder2428]

Thank you. your help re network sharing was excellent. I had no trouble following your steps. You are such a good teacher. Thanks again

[@RIPUZI]

Thanks Brian. I did ask this question on the forum for my father in law so thank you for the video. With the recent homegroup changes I can't wait to try it myself. Love your work!

[@Britec09]

I could not remember who asked, but hope it helps out.

[@RIPUZI]

It will indeed thank you. My FIL needs someone like you to sort out his network but you're a bit too far away. All the best to you and thanks again.

[@RIPUZI]

Britec09 one question if I may? When I go to localhost it takes me to a browser and says the site is unavailable. Any clues why? Thank you.

[@DimpieDeBruyn]

did you do the 2x "backslashes" ? like this > \\localhost

[@RIPUZI]

Dimpie - JIGSAW thank you it is all good now. Not sure what the issue was really. Appreciate your help.

[@plum_pie6402]

thanks this worked for me, was so hard to find any videos for the changed network sharing. Thanks!

[@Britec09]

Glad it worked out OK

[@markb4434]

@@Britec09 Britec why on my computer did i have to use \\Computer name\\folder. Isnt the whole point of discovery to automatically show it in the networking folder?

[@rayoh2011]

Brian, you are always a great help... my online PC support! Thank you!

[@E-Patrik]

Wow thanks. So easy. I was searching for hours on how to share files.

[@samp5418]

Awesome instructions, so easy to follow. Thank you for explaining it like you would to a 6 year old, I haven't been able to understand file sharing any other way!

[@TomLenarz]

This was awesome! Exactly what I was looking for...Thanks!!!

[@mspeck2393]

I can never go wrong Britec. Solid advice everytime!!!

[@rheaargana3851]

i got it working on my PC thanks a lot for this video...it helps me save much time working on and on every computer

[@Steel_the_Free]

Thanks for the guidance into "Sharing options". A menu dive I wouldn't have thought to take alone. Then to discover that media sharing was turned off. At those depths I get antsy about switching off my oxygen. I appreciate your suggested choices. I feel I'm one step closer to a will-it-or-won't-it work certainty.

[@lafawnduhlucas9770]

The only instructional vid that actually worked!!!

[@HealMyTech1]

To share a whole drive rather than just a folder, I am finding it does not allow unless I am logged in as the built-in administrator, even if the local user account has full administrator privileges. Unless I am missing something, this is a Windows feature rather than an option I haven't clicked yet. Any idea?

[@goldengate3939]

excellent! i was trying for hours on my own and then found your video after others failed me. thanks much!!

[@memyselfi2123]

I've tried everything,but your guide works perfectly. Thank you so much!!God bless you😊

[@paullarouche4648]

Great video as usual! A small suggestion to help us follow you better would be to configure your computer to keep the same wallpaper throughout the video. You have breathtaking images for your wallpaper but as an outsider listening to your videos I get slightly disoriented by the changing wallpaper. I'm often wondering if you changed computer. By the time I realize that we are looking at the same desktop I have lost focus for a split second. Keep up the good work, I learn something in all your videos.

[@si250]

Thanks, Britec. Nice background of the AR by the way. I moved from the UK to the US and now I have a couple of AR's.

[@jkreviea]

The irony. I have a picture of the Queen shooting a large rifle in the rain as one of the backgrounds on my screens.

[@jerryoltremari317]

Thanks so much, been fighting this for weeks, you solved it. Well done...

[@TerryMundy]

Yes, I agree. Learned how to share and start transferring data in 10 minutes time!!! Thank you!!

[@rifkyjihad]

Thank you very much. If you just got media device on your second PC, try to restart on main PC (the PC that you share folder). After that, refresh your network on second PC, and voila your main PC will show there. I try it, and it work for me.

[@MirrorCyro]

Thanks for this video man. You helped me a lot!

[@nagoo3662]

wow thats complicated... I remember in windows XP that you would right click the folder and click share on network and you were done...

[@hajime5486]

I remember that too and then everything would crash for no reason

[@jackkraken3888]

@@hajime5486 maybe on an older version of XP. I know some businesses that have used network shares for years without issue.

[@jackkraken3888]

Actually the process is not that different. It's just there are more security options in more modern windows. You can still right click the folder you want to share and share with everyone and it will still work for the most part

[@hunter1586]

Windows 7 did that too

[@TerryMundy]

We need to move forward and forget Windows XP. Mellinials don’t even know what that is!

[@cagdas5800]

Perfect. I connected 1 ethernet desktop to 1 wifi laptop.

[@stevenjohnson5197]

This finally worked for me after rebooting my other pc's. Thanks!

[@Shoogum]

Only way I got this method to work... it tried playing the shared folder as a form of media (music to listen to or a movie to play/watch). Once you get the link (file:\\blah-zay-blah), copy that link and email or msg it to the other person you want to have access to the file/folder and manually put the link into File Explorer. This was the only way I got this to work.

[@JasonRobards2]

Thanks man, first complete guide digging after looking for quite a while.

[@rjsilosiii8820]

Thanks mate, easy to follow specially if you have two screens. Nice video.

[@thebiggestgamer]

still doesnt work for me

[@ripvangu]

for me,my laprop can see my pc,but not the other way round

[@jareda8943]

@@ripvangu make sure to copy the link and enter that in your new pc file explorer, should look like file://DESKTOP-User/FileExample

[@benisntokay]

Turn on sharing so anyone can access

[@nightrodex6556]

@@jareda8943 It worked...thanks

[@kunalgoel4371]

@@jareda8943 hey could you please elaborate? What link do you mention here?

[@Anyfantis0]

My problem was solved in the first 90" of the vid. But it all very useful and well explanatory regarding sharing services. Title very accurate and job well done. +1 & thank you

[@snappysausage]

Thank you, great video :) taught me everything I needed to know in 4 mins

[@count69]

Why are the 'Network Options' found under 'Status'? I would never in a million years think of looking in 'Status' to set up network and file sharing! I'm new to Windows 10 and it's sloppy interface is seriously driving me mad and soaking up my productivity! Thank you for the vid!

[@eventhorizonbm]

Microsoft certainly doesn't care about making using a pc a simple thing. Thanks Britec09. Good job!

[@stewartborland538]

Then buy a mac

[@eventhorizonbm]

@@stewartborland538 lol, not in a million years.

[@Whispirit256]

Good guide, efficient and to the point with just the right amount of explanation of the various windows. Thanks!

[@MaskedGEEK]

Wow. Never even knew Homegroup was removed from W10. Just goes to show how much it was used. Funnily enough, I went to my Control Panel (not PC Settings) and found I still had an Infrared option, even though my PC doesn't have an IRDA port. The only time I ever used IRDA was back on Windows 98SE and the Matrix style_esque Nokia 7110 to connect to the internet. A whole whopping 3,660kbps folks. Nice!

[@MaskedGEEK]

Also, sorry Microsoft but I'm going to split hairs here, but at 7:06 don't you think MS should update the shared network icon? That icon is representative of a 10-Base-T, or Token Ring, network before the CAT5 standard was introduced. Pretty sure no network, personal, corporate or otherwise, still uses Token Ring networks. Even a 10/100 NIC that's not Gigabit is still faster that Token Ring. Sorry to rage my 2 Cents on your video there Brian, I just wish MS would stop having and using a 20 year old backbone for their Operating Systems and icons.

[@Britec09]

Its all good mate, rant all you like lol

[@exhorts]

Great work! This Tutorial helped a lot, quick and easy, I would suggest you not to show the movie part as it seems like is a downloaded movie. 8) I know everyone download movies but lets try to keep it a secret! hehe.

[@DavidSmith-uc8bo]

I have had the same problem since last year. We have two desktops, 2 laptops, a media laptop (a re-used old laptop) and a NAS box on a cabled home network. All 5 pC's are on WIN10 Home and the NAS box is a Unix machine. Almost consitently all PC's can access the NAS box and all can access the internet without a problem. Whether any of the PC's can see each other seems to vary day to day! None of the PC's can transfer files to each other over the network although all can to and from the NAS box. (Note there is no WIN 7 PC's on the network so the problem is not as identified by IGottaFixThat) I have, literally, spent weeks trying to get the network to work (it was working up until sometime last year). I can sometimes transfer between 2 PC's in one direction only but the ability disappears overnight! I am not an expert but have set up a number of networks for my former company and had the home network working perfectly under WIN 7. I have used a couple of public help desks and consider myself to have had exceptional help - but it still does not work! I had a chat to the guys at my local PC repair shop. The lead technician said that he was having the same problem. I 'bit-the-bullet' and got in a microsoft certified network engineer (after the nagging of my wife and at great expense). After 4 hours he had got no further than I had and admitted that, even if he did get the network working, re-booting would probably screw the whole lot up again! IT SHOULD NOT BE THIS DIFFICULT!!!! Late last year I was told in an online forum that Microsoft have effectively disabled peer to peer network support in WIN 10 but that they were looking to put it back in in the fall update. Fromwhat I can see of the proposed fall update it is not being put back in! I AM ANGRY!

[@ianmacgregor7419]

Having the same problem absolutly impossible to network our three machines all running latest Windows 10 . Why did they remove it when it was working? Please fix it as a matter of urgency Microsoft, it is causing us big problems.

[@DavidSmith-uc8bo]

Hi Ian, The post was originally for a Microsoft help site - it would not upload - good move Microsoft!!! I have partially got arround the problem by using a 2 step process (PC ->NAS->PC for transfer and setting up a search app on the NAS) but this is FAR from satisfactory and relies on backups to the NAS being up-to-date for searching.

[@bobbyhussein81]

excellent video, worked a treat, happy new year and many thanks

[@EAprima]

Thank you. It's working for me.

[@youpattube1]

Very clear and very helpful. Worked like a charm.

[@chadbrick67]

Simple British explanation as usual .fantastic

[@Britec09]

Thanks Phil.

[@chadbrick67]

Britec09 free tommy Robinson

[@rheaargana3851]

thank you so much and God Bless you for this helpful and educational video...thumbs up here form the phillipines =)

[@yarikmarar241]

I know you have to change the Group Policy settings on the PC with the shared folder. It's a list of settings witch you can enable/disable. When you hover mouse over each item, a description shows up. Example:Windows Defender could be disabled by going here. Not sure exactly what name, since I'm away from PC, but has something in the lines of SMB NTFS Permission which focuses on remote network folder/volume sharing and Shared Folder Permission. When you read the description of each option, that will help you narrow in on the task you need to do and help you enable or disable the option. Good Luck

[@goldenbear86]

Thanks for another great video. If I follow the steps in your video (which I think I've done on my Windows 10 laptop), will I be able to access/share these files from/to my Windows 7 laptop or does this method only work for computers that both use Windows 10?

[@Lassenet]

Helped me a lot, now we all can see my home server(WIN10) in this house :-)

[@BasicEducation]

nice job to show file sharing

[@Suge212]

This worked great for me for a day and then decided to stop working entirely. All settings remain the same and the folders are still shared. All of a sudden I can't see any computers on the network. What gives?

[@brianhaufschild2477]

Thanks!! Worked perfectly... solved my problem

[@shadmanzaman9025]

HI, I followed your steps and shared a folder with another computer but when I try to access from the 2nd computer it needs password even though I turned off the password in "All Networks" tab. Any solution?

[@DestinRugers.S]

I have the exact same problem... still looking for solution haha

[@GamerVillePlazaMeep]

@@DestinRugers.S did you find a solution?

[@-Gadget-]

Windows 10 "File Sharing Pane"...... Should Read "Windows 10 File Sharing "Pain"" On a side note, I've never used the "Home Group" because it just never made sense to use any other method I've always used from even Windows 98 was around 🤷🤷🤷

[@Labolas2Glasya]

when i click on "change coneection properties. i do NOT get the same window as you do. also the "media streaming options is NOT where you show it is. how am i supposed t ofollow your steps if things are just missing.

[@bansika63]

you have good teaching skill.

[@Wesleydssantos]

The Reborn Music's tips worked for me! Opening in the explorer \\ip of the pc where the file is ame_of_shared_folder

[@captainthrall]

Thanks for the video, but when I try to open the drives that I enabled sharing on, I get an error message "windows cannot access" "you do not have permission" sucks

[@mindtrekesports2941]

I have the same issue and I was wondering how to get around this

[@michaelvalliere5437]

Very detailed and very useful - Thanks!

[@IsraelSuperguide]

Brlliant! thanks. now how can i do the same to my main PC with my laptop outside the house? thanks in advance!

[@saurabh-sharma]

thank you so much for explaining so well.

[@marilynhall3434]

Thank you, thank you so much! Even I was able to do it by following your directions!

[@bodrip1]

Thanks for a good, clearly explained tutorial, but in my case i have a problem at 5.30. My right click does not show 'give access to'. Any idea why?

[@Katie_editzzz]

Brilliant thanks you, been trying to get this sorted for god knows how long. Great easy to understand guide.. Now subbed

[@michaelt2961]

Great video. Do you have the change the Workgroup to a different name? Thx

[@alexok2318]

I’m looking to create a “shared folder” with a colleague of mine who works remotely (i.e. a folder easy to navigate via file explorer). I simply want a folder called “Z: [Business Name]” where we each can access/add/modify files via file explorer and have them stored locally on each of our laptops for indexing. 2 Quick Questions: -Question #1): Since my colleague works remotely, can he still access the shared drive on the network (he's in a different location)? -Question #2) I just purchased two licenses for one drive for business (standard), but is this best solution to accomplish my goal? Side Note: I’d prefer not have all our company information “in the cloud,” but I’d be open to onedrive just for backing up data (although we can probably do this locally - we both have a lot of data - or maybe via an external hard drive?)

[@abhroy]

Great post . Very informative . Thank you Sir Brian for retiring my flashdrives -- at home . Now , when shalt thou be anointed ? 😇

[@DavidHillVideo]

Great video - To get access to files from all PCs, do you need to do this on all the PCs on your network?

[@jkei97]

This worked! Although, I dunno why but it didn't appear in the Network list so I had to manually enter the path. But that's okay. :) Thank you for this video.

[@d3fyre_rett]

Stupid question: If I were to disconnect both computers from the internet and just hook up an ethernet connection between the two computers, would they be able to share files?

[@DeStijn]

Great video! Helped me a lot. Thanks again and cheers!

[@AyushSingh-js3rf]

it works flawlessly probably a treasure video for me

[@BrownFoxWarrior]

Easy and to the point. Thank you!

[@mrVideoExpert561]

that's great, thank you so much. it save my time to copy data in USB and paste on other laptop.

[@stanislavm6325]

Great video, helped me a lot, well done, thanks

[@edgi55]

Thanks so much for this very intuitive video. Much appreciated

[@Mouka80]

It's working 02/2020 Thank you so much

[@TheArtrobi]

great video man! question. is there a extended hard drive that would let my friends access it from any part of the world?

[@michaelhooker3473]

It's called a website !

[@davecallmedave3618]

Thank you for that mate, simple ,clear and helpful. Works as it should ;)

[@yibrahim7]

It worked for me, thanks a lot man.

[@stef6460]

Plz do a video on how to cast Windows screen to Android phone. Great vid btw

[@Britec09]

Thanks, i can do that video for you :)

[@stef6460]

Britec09 Thanks then I'll wait for it and much appreciated.

[@psmithphil]

This is just what I needed - Thank you!!

[@angpananampalatayaaybungan8405]

Thanks to this video Sir, It's worked!